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near the door.
    “I know. I hope this is not how it’s going to look for the rest of the summer,” Tanya said.
    “Well, with Toronto you can never really tell,” Germaine replied.
    It was the end of June, but they had already had heat waves, a cold snap, and torrential rain. Predicting what would come next was impossible, which wasn’t great considering the summer was Triad’s busy season. All they could do was hope for the best, but plan for the worst.
    “So have you guys been waiting long?” Jules asked, looking back and forth between ‘Dre and Tanya, who were the only ones sitting in the main room. She raised an eyebrow questioningly at Tanya.
    “Not too long,” Tanya said, giving Jules a look that said “don’t start.”
    Jules rolled her eyes and took a seat on the couch beside Tanya. She didn’t care what ‘Dre said about not dating white girls—Tanya was different. And Jules was sure that if Tanya played her cards right she could have ‘Dre in the palm of her hand.
    She and Maxine agreed that Tanya should start dropping a few hints of her own when she was around ‘Dre, just to get the ball rolling. Tanya, however, refused to get on board.
    “Okay, so I guess now that everyone’s here, we can get started,” ‘Dre said, looking up from his laptop. Once everyone was settled, and Tanya had said a prayer to start the meeting, ‘Dre put the main item for discussion on the table.
    “So you guys know we want to put out Truuth’s debut album early this fall. We already have been doing a few appearances around town, but we need a major publicity campaign to really push this.
    “Jules, I know you and Maxine have been working on a media plan for the album release,” ‘Dre said, looking across at Jules. “Please don’t tell me I am going to have to sell a kidney to pay for it.”
    “No, ‘Dre,” Jules said, laughing. “That won’t be necessary. What we’re thinking of doing is using mainstream media as well as viral marketing to promote Truuth’s album. You’re gonna have to shell out some dollars for advertising space for the media part, but the viral marketing shouldn’t cost us much. And of course we’re gonna use the Sound Lounge as our launching point for Truuth’s merchandise—hence the reason Germaine is here.”
    “Do you really think the Sound Lounge is big enough to be an effective launch point for Truuth?” ‘Dre asked. “No offense, Germaine.”
    “None taken,” Germaine said, with a quiet look of amusement.
    “Actually, ‘Dre,” Tanya began. “Since Sam the Record Man closed a couple years ago, the Sound Lounge has been one ofthe more popular record stores in the city. You know as well as I do that there aren’t that many left anyway, and those that do exist are not as hot as they used to be.”
    “And keep in mind that the package we are looking at includes in-store promotion as well as after-hours promotion through the Sound Lounge’s nighttime entertainment,” Jules added.
    “Plus, thanks to Jules, we get the girlfriend rate,” Tanya said, grinning.
    “Hey, it’s not that cheap,” Jules said dryly.
    “Come on, Jules, you know it’s a good deal,” Germaine said from the love seat where he was sitting. “If you pitched that package to HMV or one of those other record stores, you’d be paying a lot of something for a little bit of nothing.”
    “He’s right,” Jules said, refusing to look at Germaine, who she knew was smirking at her.
    “Though most of the promotion will go through the Sound Lounge, the album and some promotional material is still going to be at HMV and other small retailers,” Tanya said, trying to appease ‘Dre.
    The rest of them were usually pretty realistic about what could be done with Triad’s small budget. However, it was always Tanya who had to reel in some of ‘Dre’s larger than life ideas. But even though their projects rarely went as large scale as ‘Dre wanted, his vision for the business always helped make them